This was the second script produced a lot of this was tiding up the language correcting grammar mistakes and rephrasing things so every character did not just sound like myself.
That was an interesting discovery to be honest. I had never thought about it until rereading the original script but when writing speech it is always how i see myself seeing which in the case of this script is only relevant to one of the characters.
To combat this i tried writing the next script in a public place because that is what every filmmaker ever will say is a good way to write a script so you can hear actual conversation…… I politely disagree with those imbeciles I could not focus so I instead ended up putting earphones in to drown them out. However i found that watching a TV show while writing helped me be a little more grounded so that is what I ended up doing.
Also gives ideas of how you want things shot or shown while writing. For example while rewriting extracts and watching Stranger Things I was really focusing on the music of the show and how it felt retro and futuristic at the same and loved how it matched the show’s aesthetic of modern and 80’s horror mixed together. This in turn made me also start searching for a sound designer for the movie.
CJS Productions blog 